Venting device for the crankcase of an internal combustion engine

US6092492A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MOTORENFABRIK HATZ GMBH & CO. KG

Inventors

• Guenter Kampichler · Ruhstorf, DE
• Herbert Geier · Pocking, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01M2013/0488
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A venting device, with a vent valve (2), for the crankcase (1) of an internal combustion engine, especially for a one-cylinder diesel engine, is provided with a duct (9) for the gas-oil mixture downstream from the vent valve (2) in flow direction, said duct ending in an oil trap (3), a connection (4) via which the gas can reach the atmosphere being provided downstream from the oil trap (3).